Intermediate - Party Dues (C2306)

A: 今天我不跟你们一起去吃饭了。
jīntiān wǒ bù gēn nǐmen yīqǐ qù chīfàn le.
I won't be eating with you all today.
B: 为什么?你有事?
wèishénme? nǐ yǒu shì?
Why? Do you have something to do?
A: 嗯,我要去交党费。
ng4, wǒ yào qù jiāo dǎngfèi.
Yeah, I need to go pay my Party dues.
C: 啊,原来你是党员啊?什么时候入党的?
ǎ, yuánlái nǐ shì dǎngyuán a? shénme shíhou rù dǎng de?
Huh? You're a Party member? When did you join the Party?
A: 我啊,大学的时候入的。好像是零三年。
wǒ ā, dàxué de shíhou rù de. hǎoxiàng shì líng sān nián.
Me? I joined in university. I think it was 2003.
B: 入党容易吗?需要什么条件?
rù dǎng róngyì ma? xūyào shénme tiáojiàn?
Is joining the Party easy? What qualifications do you need?
A: 先交《入党申请书》,如果党组织觉得你条件不错,你就会变成入党积极分子。
xiān jiāo《 rù dǎng shēnqǐng shū》, rúguǒ dǎng zǔzhī juéde nǐ tiáojiàn bùcuò, nǐ jiù huì biànchéng rù dǎng jījí fènzǐ.
First you submit a Party Membership Application Form. If the Party Organization thinks that you're qualified, then you can become an active applicant for membership.
C: 然后呢?
ránhòu ne?
And then?
A: 然后就考察啊,考察至少一年。
ránhòu jiù kǎochá a, kǎochá zhìshǎo yī nián.
Then you're investigated. The investigation goes on at least a year.
B: 好麻烦!哎,现在中国有多少党员?
hǎo máfan! āi, xiànzài Zhōngguó yǒu duōshǎo dǎngyuán?
That's so troublesome! Hey, how many Party members are there in China?
A: 上次统计大概是有8000多万。
shàngcì tǒngjì dàgài shì yǒu bāqiān duō wàn.
At last count there were more than 80 million.
B: 啊,这么多!
ǎ, zhème duō!
Whoa! That's so many!
C: 是啊!每年能收好多党费!
shì a! měinián néng shōu hǎo duō dǎngfèi!
Yeah! Every year they can collect a lot of Party dues!

Key Vocabulary

jiāo to pay
党费 dǎngfèi party dues
原来 yuánlái originally, all along
党员 dǎngyuán party member
dǎng party
入党 rùdǎng to join the party
的时候 de shíhou when
需要 xūyào to need
条件 tiáojiàn condition
申请书 shēnqǐng shū application
如果 rúguǒ if
组织 zǔzhī organization
条件 tiáojiàn condition, requirement
变成 biànchéng to change into
积极分子 jījí fènzǐ active applicant
考察 kǎochá to investigate
至少 zhìshǎo at least
统计 tǒngjì statistics
shōu to accept

Supplementary Vocabulary

中国共产党 Zhōngguó gòngchǎndǎng Chinese Communist Party
交费 jiāofèi to pay a fee
付费 fùfèi to pay a fee
加入 jiārù to enter
考验 kǎoyàn to test
观察 guānchá to observe
教育背景 jiàoyù bèijǐng educational background
家庭背景 jiātíng bèijǐng family background
本科 běnkē undergraduate study
名额 míng'é quota (of people)
研究生 yánjiūshēng research student
收费 shōufèi to receive a fee
国企 guóqǐ state-run enterprise
外企 wàiqǐ foreign-run enterprise

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